Gaslighting the gaslighting the gaslighting
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I’m beyond furious but I must pretend I have no mouth and I cannot speak
I have chosen to stay with the person that ripped apart my heart, ripped up my face, ripped up my hair, torn through my skin
Bruises that lay upon me like a mosaic that is brutally broken and not like art at all unless you want the ugliest art you ever seen before in your life
He cannot bruise me anymore, I have unleashed a small dose of the poison out of me to relinquish his control
Everyone knows everything he did to me
Now he cannot bruise me, rip, break, tear me
Now, he can slowly break apart my reality once again
He claims I do not know what gaslighting is
I see a row of lights, dimmer, brighter, more bright and more dim
He tells me if someone disagrees with me even a little, it is my fault to declare that I’m
Being gaslit, when it is simply not the reality
When I know that he knows what I know to be the real problem of this once dead, now undead relationship
The definition is the enemy, the truth is a lie,
And I keep staying silent when I scream louder than ever.
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Congratulations on Top Story and you are featured in VSS along with Kelli Sheckler-Amsden as part of this weeks Dynamic Duo!
𝐖𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 (𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚._) 𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 (𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞_) 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Well-wrought! Our entire social discourse lends itself to the technique, unfortunately. In a post-truth world, everyone is being gaslit all the time. Congrats on top story!
this is beautifully written. I have gone through this in my last relationship. My roommate at times gaslights me as well. I have learned, you must flip the role. Reverse psychology. Stay strong and never doubt your sanity; you are not crazy.
Beautiful just beautiful, I can't wait for your next story. Keep writing your an extraordinary writer, a very talented writer indeed. ♥️🙏
Wow this is powerful. I'm so sorry for the experience that may have inspired this. Super raw and beautifully written x
You didn’t write a top story in gaslighting… it never happened… Jk. Congrats! 🫶🏼
Oh, wow! I felt every line of your poem so deeply.. 💔 Congratulations on your Top Story too!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
He is definitely a monster!
"The definition is the enemy, the truth is a lie" Oooo, I reallyyyyy loveeeeee this line!
Raw and emotional!